“My piece explores pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) which is a disorder that affects people who experience a menstrual cycle,” Tiara tells SBS.

“What happens is that, at certain points in your menstrual cycle, there is a severe mood crash, and some physical symptoms, but the mood swings are the main part of it.”

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"It’s a trait of the deeply lucky, and the deeply unlucky, to learn at a young age that laughing at misfortune is key to surviving it."

Tiara’s background is in burlesque and performance art and she thought the theme of ‘risky business’, a show exploring disability and sexuality, was a great opportunity to present an “interesting interpretation of an often-misunderstood condition.”

“We have assumptions made about our sexuality and there’s not of room for us to state what our sexuality is on our own terms."

She adds that she hopes people who come to the show will leave with a more nuanced understanding of people who are disabled.

“A lot of narratives around disability are that you’re either downtrodden and everything sucks for you, or you’re the inspiration because, despite your disability, you can do everything!

“There’s not a lot of space for all kinds of complicated representations of disability. Definitely not a lot of room for people who live with a disability to talk about themselves beyond ‘oh, this is my disability and therefore I’m defined by it."

Tiara adds that “a lot of people living with disability get desexualised."

“We have assumptions made about our sexuality and there’s not of room for us to state what our sexuality is on our own terms.

“This will be a very intriguing way to see how those two worlds combine.”

Risky Business will be performed on Friday December 1 at 7pm, Melba Spiegeltent in Collingwood with an AUSLAN interpreter.